Loading ...On the one hand, it’s exciting as hell to see the media’s involvement in this election. Not just media as in journalists covering it–but media, as in all of the new technologies being utilized. Between Hillary doing that set of YouTube videos to find her campaign song, to various political podcasts you can download and listen to on the subway or at the gym, to the MySpace/MTV live candidate dialogues–our society is making information really accessible to everyone. And by everyone, I mostly mean the elusive group known as US–the youth! We’re a hard target. And sadly, so many of today’s youth would much rather watch the ‘Super Sweet Sixteen’ marathon on MTV than the CNN presidential debates (although YouTube tried to help this time around). That said, allow me to move forward a bit: celebrities are powerful. The fashion world knows it–it’s why they use celebrities as models and covergirls and spokespeople. Celebs sell. But is it going too far when the product celebs are selling is a presidential candidate? Read More »
New Semester, New Beginnings
Now that the New Year’s Day
hangovers are a thing of the past,
it’s time to trade in the warm sofa
for cold, hard desks as the spring
semester approaches. If you are
wondering how you will possibly
make it through this semester after
barely making it through the fall semester
you are in luck, because a new semester
brings new beginnings.
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